Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 23 / Friday, February 3, 2012 / Notices 5481 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 900.0704846. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 204,316. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 408,288 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 30th day of 

January 2012. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–2444 Filed 2–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0113] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Special Need Requests Under the Plant 

Protection Act 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Extension of approval of an 

information collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) 

intention to request an extension of 

approval of an information collection 

associated with regulations to allow 

States to impose prohibitions or 

restrictions on specific articles in 

addition to those required by APHIS to 

help protect against the introduction 

and establishment of plant pests. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before April 3, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0113- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2011–0113, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0113 or 

in our reading room, which is located in 

room 1141 of the USDA South Building, 

14th Street and Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading 

room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 690–2817 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on special need requests 

under the Plant Protection Act, contact 

Ms. Lynn Evans-Goldner, National 

Program Manager, EDP, PPQ, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 160, Riverdale, 

MD 20737; (301) 734–7228. For copies 

of more detailed information on the 

information collection, contact Mrs. 

Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851– 

2908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Special Need Request Under the 

Plant Protection Act. 

OMB Number: 0579–0291. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: The Plant Protection Act 

(PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes 

the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict 

the importation, entry, or interstate 

movement of plants, plant products, and 

other articles to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. This authority 

has been delegated to the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS), which administers regulations 

to implement the PPA. Regulations 

governing the interstate movement of 

plants, plant products, and other articles 

are contained in 7 CFR part 301, 

‘‘Domestic Quarantine Notices.’’ 

The regulations in ‘‘SubpartPreemption and Special Need Requests’’ 

allow States or political subdivisions of 

States to request approval from APHIS 

to impose prohibitions or restrictions on 

the movement in interstate commerce of 

specific articles that pose a plant health 

risk that are in addition to the 

prohibitions and restrictions imposed 

by APHIS. This process requires 

information collection activities, 

including a pest data detection survey 

with a pest risk analysis showing that a 

pest is not present in a State, or, if 

already present, the current distribution 

in the State, and that the pest would 

harm or injure the environment and/or 

agricultural resources of the State or 

political subdivision. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities for an additional 3 

years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, through use, as 

appropriate, of automated, electronic, 

mechanical, and other collection 

technologies; e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 160 

hours per response. 

Respondents: State Governments. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 1. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 160 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 30th day of 

January 2012. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–2445 Filed 2–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2012–0002] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Contaminants in Food 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary 

for Food Safety, USDA. 


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